The Sacred Ruins

Chapter 645: Trust Old Black, Gain Eternal Life

Translator: Alsey Editor: Chrissy

Judging from its tone, it seemed the black energy pagoda felt that his style to be akin to a passing locust. He was too pragmatic and hair-splitting... all in all, he had been blacklisted.

Chu Feng was both embarrassed and flew into a rage.

“Wasn’t this fortune left for me? Why are you so guarded?”

The black energy pagoda said in a serious manner, “I’ve never seen an evolver like you. You’re even digging up the soil. Are you planning to plunder the entire Kunlun?”

Chu Feng: “...”

Chu Feng felt that it was just some soil. Most importantly, he wanted that divine tree, but it had run away.

Then, Chu Feng received an earful of principles.

The black energy pagoda was lecturing him quite seriously. The immortal medicine of Kunlun could be plucked, but this kind of bandit-like action wouldn’t be tolerated.

It nearly labeled Chu Feng as short-sighted.

“I just wanted to dig some soil, I have no other intentions.” Despite saying this, he was still groping about in an experienced manner. “You won’t let me carry Kunlun away, but it’s fine to dig up some radishes, no?”

Then, he made a decisive move. He took away all the arm-sized golden ginsengs from within the rocky crack. His movements were swift and adept as he stuffed them all into the spatial bracelet.

The energy pagoda was old-fashioned and solemn. It warned him to leave immediately!

Chu Feng felt that this black energy pagoda had turned even darker than before. It was as though its expression had darkened all of a sudden. It was staring at him with an unfriendly expression, vigilant and protective.

“I’m not complaining, but you really aren’t hospitable. No one has come to see you for so many years and I’m your only relative. Why aren’t you entertaining me well? Bring out those rare divine delicacies hidden inside Kunlun and let me pick a dozen of them. It’s useless to you even if you keep them, right?”

Chu Feng dawdled about, pestering the inheritance pagoda.

Naturally, he had mentioned that this so-called inheritance pagoda should play his role and transfer all the inheritances to him.

“What you want, you already have.” The black energy pagoda’s voice rang out. “Leave. This. Instant. Immediately!”

“Old Black, what are you doing? I’m just chatting with you because you’re lonely here. My fiery heart has been frozen by you.” Chu Feng was dillydallying because he didn’t want to leave. In addition to the big radishes, he wanted to dig up some golden cabbages and lingzhi. He also wanted to uproot that terrifying walnut tree.

“Warning, Warning, the Taotie race has invaded...” The energy pagoda sounded the alarm. The runes in the surrounding area lit up. The Deity Beheading Array in the distance also woke up.

Chu Feng immediately fled with his tail between his legs.

He left the core region of the pure land and returned to the Fallen Phoenix Hill. There he sat atop the green boat and stood guard over the Heavenly Ladder. He was waiting for the fortunes escaping the danger zone.

“Ah...”

All of a sudden, Chu Feng heard someone cry out on the other side of the Heavenly Ladder. Their voices were full of terror and even trembling. It turned out they were the people who had run away earlier. Now, they had come stumbling back.

Their hair was disheveled, and their faces were pale. At the same time, their bodies were covered in blood and incomparably miserable.

“Ah...” They let out sharp screams of horror. They were as miserable as masterless dogs and had even lost their shoes.

Chu Feng was shocked to see a red tornado sweep past these people. They became drenched in blood as though they had been slashed by sharp blades.

That wind was formed by bloody human heads which rolled about to form a frightening red tornado. Vitality surged into the sky as though a demon had come into being.

Every head looked incomparably sinister. They were grimacing in pain and bleeding from every orifice. Moreover, their faces were covered in mottled patches of hair. These things had turned into a tornado—it was indeed somewhat miserable.

The result was that these people were forced into an absolute corner with no way out above or below. All of them ran back up the Heavenly Ladder, shocked out of their wits.

“We’re done for!” The domain master of the Deity Race said in a trembling voice. “This area is too odd. The effects of Fallen Phoenix Hill on our bodies haven’t disappeared. We’ve been forced back again.”

Fortunately, the bloody tornado disappeared after arriving back here.

Chu Feng trembled, and his heart was beating fast as he recalled the records on the moon. Although Fallen Phoenix Hill would give people a chance at survival, the escapees would never have a good ending. In the end, they would die of strange reasons.

Everything was once again silent.

It got even Chu Feng thinking about Fallen Phoenix Hill could even trap and kill a true phoenix. This was a group eradication, poised to kill off everyone!

Unfortunately, there were little records about Fallen Phoenix Hill in the records on the moon. This kind of landform was beyond rare, and it was filled with distress.

At first, he thought he could find a way to escape. But now, this place seemed too eerie and would likely crush anyone nearby.

“Old Black, I’m different from those people, so I can leave safely, right?” Chu Feng secretly transmitted his voice toward the pure land, trying to worm his way into a conversation with the black energy pagoda.

However, he didn’t receive any reply. The black energy tower paid him no attention.

“What do we do? Are we going to die here?” The escapees’ expressions were bitter. Everyone was depressed and no longer had any thoughts about plucking the immortal medicine.

A long time afterward, a voice arrived from the other shore of the Heavenly Ladder. “Luo Zhicheng, what is your situation after charging in?”

A group of Deity race people had arrived, a small group of five people. The leader was holding a bone mirror. “The elders in the race felt uneasy, so they sent me in with the broken Ying-Yang Mirror. You can use it to reveal hidden experts in the void.”

“The situation isn’t very good,” someone replied dishonestly from the other end. His eyes were flickering—he wanted to bring more people in to share the trouble.

The people on the other side weren’t too cautious and soon set to climbing the Heavenly Ladder.

Another person was more righteous, but that was also because he was thinking about himself. “Don’t come! Go and ask for more people to come and save us. This is the Fallen Phoenix Hill and it’s hiding a great terror!”

The people on the other shore were frozen as they felt a cold breeze upon them.

“Run, it’s coming!” someone on the pure land side reminded. That was because they had discovered the red tornado of sinister human heads.

However, the people on the other shore hadn’t seen it and seemed rather puzzled. They did feel a cold intent, though, and felt their hair stand on end.

“Yin-Yang Mirror, reveal the fabrications of the two worlds!” The man holding the Yin-Yang mirror shouted loudly as he activated the treasured mirror in his hands. Afterward, they also saw the whirlwind of human heads.

“Ah...”

Moreover, one among them quickly disintegrated and turned into a pool of blood. He had died in utter misery!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The remaining four had no other choice but to run up the Heavenly Ladder to escape.

People had only their instincts to rely on in the face of great danger. The people on the other shore were alive, and the thing behind them was horrible. This made them run onto this path involuntarily.

Chu Feng knew that it was time for him to fight it out with them. The people on the other side possessed the Yin-Yang Mirror. This was an item targeted at him and would prevent him from hiding.

Following the principle of first-move-advantage, he decisively raised the Reincarnation Blade and hid behind a giant rock, poised to attack.

“Ah...”

The area became even more dangerous. The men had just set out on the path toward the other shore when one of them lost all vitality along the way and fell to the Fallen Phoenix Hill.

In the end, only the leader arrived with his life intact. He illuminated the area behind him with the broken Yin-Yang Mirror, afraid that something was stuck on his body.

His face was pale. “I came to deliver the Ying-Yang Mirror in order to get rid of that bastard Chu Feng. I didn’t expect to be trapped here.”

Tsh!

It was at this time that Chu Feng took action and launched a sudden attack. A beam of red blade light flashed past and hacked him into two, killing him outright.

Moreover, Chu Feng snatched the broken bone mirror and vanished immediately.

“Who goes there?!”

“That’s Chu Feng, I saw the Ying-Yang Mirror just reflect him!”

The remaining people all jumped up in shock. A great enemy was actually hiding beside them. This was simply too unimaginable because they had never realized it.

“Pfft!”

Next up, one of the domain masters was cut through the waste and lost his life in a flash. The Reincarnation Blade caused both his body and spirit to dissolve, killing him in both form and soul.

“Stand together and destroy him!”

Someone shouted!

However, domain runes flared up on the ground. There was something in the landform below! Chu Feng had used his domain techniques to prevent them from approaching him.

Finally, these people were all wiped out with none remaining.

Chu Feng was merciless as he killed every last one of them. He had no compassion at all for the people of the Deity and Netherworld Races.

Afterward, he left immediately. He felt that he shouldn’t linger here—he had to attempt an escape even if he would encounter something eerie. He discovered that this place was becoming more and more unfathomable with each passing moment.

In the end, Chu Feng held the stone box in one hand and the Reincarnation blade in the other as he ran up the Heavenly Ladder and escaped frantically.

“Believe in Old Black, Gain Eternal Life! Old Black Tower, please protect me!” Chu Feng shouted.

The pagoda had given him the inheritances, so he reckoned it might not ignore him entirely in the face of danger. It would probably protect him along the way.

But the next moment, he began spewing out numerous profanities. His hair all stood on end because he knew he had been overthinking it. That inheritance pagoda paid him zero attention.

At this moment, Chu Feng felt a cold intent from the Fallen Phoenix Hill assault his senses, poised to devour his spirit. This feeling was simply too terrifying.

“Swoosh!”

He immediately turned about and hacked down with his sword. It felt as though he had come into contact with a sinister air—there was a peal of vague laughter coming through, both illusory and real.

Bang!

Chu Feng circulated the Robbery Induction Breathing Technique. At that moment, his yang energy surged like rolling tides. His body erupted with radiance like a small sun illuminating the earth.

“Eh?!”

He felt greatly astonished because the legendary breathing technique from the world of living seemed to be effective here. It was capable of dispersing the sinister cold.

Tsch!

At the same time, he opened the stone box decisively and revealed the mottled Flames of Reincarnation within. “Everyone on Fallen Phoenix Hill, we both come from the same place. There’s no need to drag me down. I just came back from the Reincarnation Path!”

Chu Feng took advantage of this opening to turn tail and flee.

But the cold breath still appeared at his back. It was as though something was climbing onto his spine, wanting to ride on his back. It was practically one of those demonic possessions described of in legends.

Swoosh!

Chu Feng ran even faster. According to reason, this distance should already have been covered, but for some reason, the Fallen Phoenix Hill seemed to be making the Heavenly Ladder even longer.

Afterward, Chu Feng felt a cold hand grab his ankles. Something was dangling below him and following him forward.

The Heavenly Ladder was like a bridge upon the Fallen Phoenix Hill. The land below was filled with hazy mist. The moment Chu Feng lowered his head, he could see the vague image of a pale face. The countenance was flat because it was lacking a mouth and nose. Only a pair of cold sinister eyes was staring at him.

Chu Feng slashed out with his blade, but it was as though his sword had cut through the air. The face disappeared, but the cold hand was still on his ankle.

Having no other choice, Chu Feng flicked out a plume of reincarnation flames and finally managed to extricate himself. The grasp on his ankle was loosened, allowing him to run frantically.

Rumble!

However, just as he was about to reach the other shore, the Heavenly Ladder was flipped over by an explosive force. Chu Feng cried out with a pale, unsightly expression.

Below him, the white mist was surging into a terrifying vortex filled with ancient hair and long hook-like nails. The scene terrified him so much that he nearly fell down.

What kind of damned place was this? Chu Feng felt shocked.

He struggled desperately and hacked out with the Reincarnation Blade.

Afterward, he was still badly wounded and became drenched in blood. Strand after strand of withered hair shot through his legs and the hook-like nails dug into his flesh.

“Scram!”

Chu Feng shouted as he swung the blade frantically. However, the effects weren’t that great because the area was already filled with hairs and nails here. It was a frightening scene indeed.

At the critical moment, he could only use the flames of reincarnation once more. Amidst the smell of decay, he finally managed to escape and rush onto the shore. He was drenched in blood as he forced out the hairs and nails in his leg. It was an utterly disgusting and frightening experience for him.

He hadn’t even caught his breath when a red tornado arrived. It was full of bloody sinister-looking heads, poised to drown him out.

Chu Feng cried loudly as he jumped onto the green boat and leaped away.

Boom!

He felt his boat sink down at that moment. Looking back, he discovered that the boat was already filled with human heads—these things could actually chase him into the void!

Chu Feng was livid. The divine boat was stained with blood and human heads, which came rolling toward him.

bAng!

Chu Feng jumped down and flipped the boat over with great force, throwing the human heads away. Then he quickly put away the boat and began running with his legs.

Finally, he jumped out of the dimensional space in one go. Looking back from the secondary space outside, he noticed that the red tempest was no longer chasing after him.

This allowed him to sigh in relief.

At this moment, he found three people in the area. They were precisely Ying Wudi, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Ying Zhexian, the three siblings of the Quasi-Immortal Race.

Just a moment ago, Chu Feng was worlds away and actually came close to dying at the Fallen Phoenix Hill. It was simply too dangerous.

Not to mention these people, he would even be happy to see people from the Deity or Netherworld Races. After all, they were living people and not those eerie existences.

However, Ying Wudi’s expression was quite unfriendly as he forced his way over.

“Brother Ying, don’t misunderstand. I have always wanted to chat and make friends with you.”

Chu Feng had gained a new lease of life, so he was incomparably passionate. He opened his arms and hugged everyone warming.

Ying Wudi seemed like he had just seen a ghost. A strong man hugging everyone—what a scandal!

Beside him, the peerless beauty Ying Zhexan was fleeing like she would a demon. She blinked away with an odd expression, feeling that this man was simply too unbridled.

This left Chu Feng somewhat embarrassed at the awkward situation.

Only Ying Xiaoxiao was left, blinking her large eyes curiously. In the end, this silver-haired loli pounced forward proactively and hung herself on Chu Feng’s body.

This surprised Ying Wudi and Ying Zhexian. They were incomparably apprehensive.

The silver-haired loli quickly pulled Chu Feng’ mask away and looked on with wide eyes. However, she soon cried out in astonishment. “Oh my!”